Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Soyuz crew enjoys problem-free launch, docks with space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION EDITOR’S NOTE: The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft docked with the space station’s Poisk module at 12:33 p.m. EST (1733 GMT), delivering three new crew members to the orbiting research complex. Credit: NASA TV A Soyuz FG rocket thundered to life and shot into orbit smoothly Monday carrying three crew members on a…
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Live coverage: Russia launches first crewed mission since Soyuz failure
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Soyuz crew rocket arrives on the pad for first time since dramatic launch abort
Keeping up a tradition dating back to the dawn of the Space Age, a Russian Soyuz rocket emerged from a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan before sunrise Saturday for rollout to Launch Pad No. 1 at the Central Asia space base, moving into position for liftoff Monday with a U.S.-Russian-Canadian crew heading for…
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NASA announces target date for first SpaceX Crew Dragon flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: NASA SpaceX is targeting Jan. 7 for launch of its first Crew Dragon commercial ferry ship on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, NASA announced Wednesday, a major milestone in the…
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Japanese cargo capsule succeeds in re-entry tech demo
The HTV Small Re-entry Capsule is hoisted from the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan on Nov. 11. Credit: JAXA A miniature cargo return vehicle carried aboard a Japanese supply ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month in the first test of a new capsule to bring home experiment samples from the International…
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Dramatic on-board video shows moment of Soyuz booster failure
Пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-ФГ» с пилотируемым кораблем #СоюзМС10. Видео с бортовых камер pic.twitter.com/ijPnwbbS4i — РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) November 1, 2018 New video released by the Russian space agency Thursday shows the moment a Soyuz rocket ran into trouble around two minutes after liftoff with a two-man crew Oct. 11, when one of the vehicle’s four first stage…
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Departing crew snaps spectacular photo survey of space station’s exterior
The International Space Station viewed Oct. 4 from the departing Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos A three-man crew that departed the International Space Station on Oct. 4 flew their Soyuz spaceship into position to take spectacular photos of the orbiting research complex as officials prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first element’s launch.…
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Russians trace Soyuz launch abort to faulty sensor
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague before their Oct. 11 launch. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Russian investigators have traced the cause of a dramatic Oct. 11 Soyuz launch abort to a “deformed” sensor in a system that controlled the separation of a strap-on first-stage booster from…
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NASA administrator says Russians on track for December Soyuz flight to station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at a meeting of the National Space Council on Tuesday in Washington. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Russian engineers have a “really, really good idea” about what went wrong during a Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Oct. 11, forcing the ship’s two-man crew…
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NASA astronaut unfazed by frightening launch abort
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Nick Hague pictured during training before his launch last week on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger Two minutes after launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket last week, NASA astronaut Nick Hague knew something had gone badly wrong. At the moment four strap-on boosters separated from…